People smugglers: How the police exposed the dark world of small boat Channel crossings
He denied being the leader of the group and mentioned an unnamed Serbian man who he alleged was higher up in the criminal gang. As Ali waited for the verdict in court, he issued a plea to the judge.His trusted lieutenant was another Iraqi Kurd - Zana Reza, 44. He'd made several attempts to cross the Channel, and failed.Abdou Adame, the Sudanese member, was seen by police as a more peripheral figure.
While Adame was being trained in how to help people, his fellow gang member Naweed Safi, a 25-year-old Afghan, was working part-time in a local takeaway. There were messages to other Afghans on his phone, offering them a"cut-price rate" of €1,500, instead of €2,200, and saying he could put them in touch with a friend who could help them get to Britain.
There was no maker's name, no labels or insignia. But, printed on the rubber near the main valve, there was a small patent mark. That told us that the boat had come from Turkey. They could probably carry a dozen people reasonably safely. Twenty would feel like a stretch. But instead, they are routinely sent out with 45 or more people crammed on to them.
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